Sugar bowl



June 25, 1935. J. MILITELLO SUGAR BOWL Filed Sept. 22, 1954 Patented June 25, 1935 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE SUGAR BOWL Louis J. Militeilo, Wood River, Ill. Application September 22, 1934, Serial No. 745,009

1 Claim.

My invention relates to sugar bowls more particularly of that type used in restaurants and in private homes and one of the principal objects of my invention is the provision of means for preventing too much sugar from pouring out of the bowl into the beverage cup when the sugar bowl is tipped.

Another object of my invention is the provision of means for regulating the quantity of sugar dispensed at each tipping of the bowl, thus permitting the exact predetermined quantity of sugar to be dispensed.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a sugar bowl having a handle, a spout with dis-' pensing valves, and operating means adjacent the handle for operating the valves on the spout.

In the accompanying drawing, in which similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views:--- 7 I Figure 1 is a side elevation of the sugar bowl.

Figure 2 is a top view of the sugar bowl.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the sugar bowl in line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view,.looking upward, on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing, the numeral 5 denotes the general contour of the usual sugar bowl which may be constructed of glass, metal or other usual material. The top of the open sugar bowl is covered by a cap 6 which may be screwed on to the bowl as shown or fastened in any other approved manner, the cap 6 being removed occasionally for refilling the bowl with sugar. Centrally disposed on the cap 8 is a cylindrical spout I, the upper end of which is normally closed by a fiap valve 8, hinged at 9 and opened by means of thelever l0 operating against the tension of spring I I. The lower end of the spout] is normally openbut I have devised mechanism which, when the flap valve 8 is opened that simultaneously closes the lower end of the spout by means of slide valve l2, thus permitting only that particular quantity of sugar resident in the spout, from the slide valve I! up to the flap valve 8, to be dispensed at eac inversion of the bowl.

Both valves 8 and I! are simultaneously operated by the person pulling the finger grip l8 towards the handle 14, the finger grip being pivoted at ii to the handle support IS. The finger grip I3, is normally tensioned, by means of the spring l1, so that the fiap valve 8 is closed and the slide valve I2 is open, but when the finger grip I3 is operated, as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 3, the flap valve 8 will be opened, per- 5 mitting only the contents of the spout to be dispensed because the slide valve l2 will be simultaneously closed. This operation has permitted the person to pour only one spout full of sugar into his beverage cup while the sugar bowl was 10 held in inverted position but, should an additional quantity of sugar be desired, it is only necessary to release the finger grip l3, which closes the flap valve 8 and opens the slide valve l2, permit-- ting the spout I to again fill with sugar from the 15 bowl 5; the pressing of the finger grip l3 thereafter again releasing an additional spout full of sugar to the beverage cup, (not shown), and

so on. The lever it, which actuates the flap valve 8 is attached to the strip l8 which in turn is at 20 tached to the approximate center of slide valve II, the strip 8 having the function of limiting the inward movement of valve I! as shown by the dotted line.

From the foregoing description it will be ap- 25 parent that I have evolved a sugar bowl which vention, so as best to construct a practical device for the purpose intended, as defined in the appended claim.

I claim:

A sugar bowl provided with a cover, a spout attached to and projecting upwardly from said cover, two valves on the spout, one of said valves being caused to simultaneously open while the other valve closes and vice versa.a handle attached to the sugar bowl and means on the handle for conveniently operating said valves with one hand.

LOUIS J. MIIJTELLO. 

